By Mark Branagan For Mailonline
Published: 18:12 BST, 14 May 2019 | Updated: 19:10 BST, 14 May 2019
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Tony Swiffen from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, whose green bin has been seized by the council as it contained the wrong sort of rubbish
Residents are having their bins seized after being caught putting the 'wrong' sort of rubbish in them by council snoopers.
Charge payers who fall foul of a 'two strikes and you're out' rule face losing their bins for six months.
Tony Swiffen, 32, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, came home from dropping his son at school to find his bin had gone.
Sticking out of his letterbox was a missive from recycling zealots saying: 'Our records show that your green bin has now contained the wrong items on 2 separate occasions.
'For this reason it has been removed from your property.
'You have received either a letter or a visit from an advisor informing you of the consequences of contaminating your bin.
'It is essential for us to only collect recyclable materials. If incorrect items are collected they mix with good recycling and spoil all of the recycling.
'You will be able to apply to have your green bin returned after 6 months.'
Mr Swiffen stormed: 'It's so annoying. They have snooped through the bags in my bin.
